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If you have been waiting for a discount to purchase a printed copy of the third edition of Technical Writing 101, now is your chance. Through May 31, 2009, use the code MAYCONTEST10 during checkout to get 10 percent off when buying a printed copy … Read More

Congratulations to Ravindra Kumar, Judy Walters, and Axel Regnet, who each won a free download of Technical Writing 101. As a thank-you to entrants who didn’t win a free copy, we offered a $5 discount off the $20 price. All entrants should have received an … Read More

We are closing our drawing for free downloads of Technical Writing 101 tomorrow. If you haven’t already entered the contest, enter today. We’ll pick three winners and notify them via email on Friday. If you want to sneak a peek at what’s in the new … Read More

Technical Writing 101 (third edition) is now available for purchase! You can instantly download the PDF version from our online store for $20, or you can order a printed copy from Lulu.com for $35.95. We’re also offering a site license for $250: you can download … Read More

In early May, we will release the third edition of Technical Writing 101: A Real-World Guide to Planning and Writing Technical Content. We published the second edition in 2003, so it was time for an update. A lot has changed in technical communication since then! … Read More

by Sheila Loring To Twitter or not to Twitter? That’s the question many technical writers I know face these days. Critics say writing in 140 characters or less is ruining our ability to communicate effectively and follow grammatical rules. In the following article, Jennifer Blanchard … Read More

by Sheila Loring The North Carolina FrameMaker User’s Network (NCFUN), which became a STC Carolina special interest group, formed over a decade ago to support technical writers in the Raleigh/Durham area. Speakers (local and international) presented on everything from complex autonumbering and FrameMaker plugins to … Read More

The Shanghai Tech Writer blog has a hilarious list of awful metaphors written by high school students. These gems include: Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. Long separated by cruel fate, … Read More

If you’re looking to tease your brain during this holiday week, consider doing a crossword puzzle with a technical writing theme at the Crosswords blog. Never thought I’d see a puzzle with the clue “a family of transformational languages used to describe how to format … Read More

by Sheila Loring Ben Minson at Gryphon Mountain Journals published an entry on the unspoken rule — technical writers who don’t read documentation. Admit it, you’ve been guilty from time to time. For me, learning to use a product on my own is an enjoyable … Read More